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City, Climate, and Architecture

A Theory of Collective Practice
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2022
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Klima Polis
This book is in the series
Volume 1 | Klima Polis

About this book

The publication rethinks climate control – a key concern of the discipline of architecture – through the lens of city climate phenomena over the course of the 20th century. Based on a history of climate control on urban scales, it promotes the integration of indoors and outdoors in order to reduce environmental and thermal loads in cities. Just as heating and cooling practices inside the buildings are affecting the (urban) climate outdoors, urban heat islands are influencing the energy requirements and thermal conditions inside the buildings.
While the first part of the book focuses on the interwar period in Europe, the publication’s second part considers examples from all over the globe, tracing the growing significance of ecological thinking for the design of urban environments.

  • Main outcome of a six-year research project on "architecture and urban climates," funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation.

  • A new series highlighting design-driven approaches to urban climates across the globe

Author / Editor information

Prof. Dr. Sascha Roesler, Accademia di architettura di Mendrisio, Switzerland

Reviews

„In einer dicht recherchierten Analyse widmet er [Sascha Roesler] sich aktuellen wie historischen Ansätzen zur Klimaforschung innerhalb der Architektur und Stadtplanung.“ (Ariann Schwarz in: https://www.baunetz.de/meldungen/Meldungen-Zwei_Baende_aus_der_Reihe_Klima_Polis_8049556.html (03.01.2023))

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„Like the first volume, it is thoroughly researched and produced in an engaging, informative and aesthetically pleasing manner.“ (Noa Levin in: Urban Studies, 2023/5, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00420980231168300 )

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Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
June 21, 2022
eBook ISBN:
9783035624168
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
276
Illustrations:
60
Coloured Illustrations:
30
Line drawings:
140
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035624168
eBook ISBN: 9783035624168
Keywords for this book
Urbansim; micro climate; 20th century; Europe; USA
Audience(s) for this book
Architects, urbanists, students, librairies, climate researchers
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